re: Baton Rouge Business Report on Riverside Towing: Blue Boods getting a taste...(Posted by GeorgeTheGreek on 11/14/12 at 12:47 pm to GFunk)

quote:In 2009, Riverside was the subject of a State Police investigation called Operation Illegal Tow. The agency cited the firm with 81 counts—including filing false or fictitious statements, improper nonconsensual tows and improper billing invoices. The total original fine was $8,925.

According to the investigative report, troopers watched as Riverside operators towed vehicles from lots and dropped them off in the Walmart parking lot, where they were left unattended until another tow truck came to pick them up for transport to the Riverside storage yard. Such practices are illegal.

Baton Rouge Police Chief Dewayne White, who formerly headed up the State Police division that oversaw towing enforcement, says he's had concerns about Riverside for nearly a decade. He questions why the Louisiana Department of Public Safety hasn't tried to revoke the company's tow license.

re: Baton Rouge Business Report on Riverside Towing: Blue Boods getting a taste...(Posted by Hammertime on 11/14/12 at 12:47 pm to GeorgeTheGreek)

This is 10yrs in the making. Everyone that ever parks around LSU has had dealings with those frickers. I have always thought that they knew someone higher up that allowed them to continue to get contracts

I can say I haven't ever seen them towing from under the overpass.

quote:He says Riverside actually recommended against towing

bull-fricking-shit

quote:I haven't had a physical altercation in five years, probably more like seven years.”

I had a buddy who they pulled a pistol on 5yrs ago when he argued about his car

Another illegal thing they do is tow cars to parking lots and have bigger trucks come pick them up in groups. I have gotten my truck back twice for free because I knew where they put them

Their biggest problem, IMO, is the fact that they charge the maximum towing fee of $150 or so dollars, and tack on another $150 to that for random bull shite.

re: Baton Rouge Business Report on Riverside Towing: Blue Boods getting a taste...(Posted by Rouge on 11/14/12 at 12:49 pm to GeorgeTheGreek)

quote:According to the investigative report, troopers watched as Riverside operators towed vehicles from lots and dropped them off in the Walmart parking lot, where they were left unattended until another tow truck came to pick them up for transport to the Riverside storage yard. Such practices are illegal.

exactly

he has video of every tow, but i bet he cannot produce continuous video of the car going straight to the yard

re: Baton Rouge Business Report on Riverside Towing: Blue Boods getting a taste...(Posted by LSUfan4444 on 11/14/12 at 12:49 pm to GeorgeTheGreek)

quote:According to the investigative report, troopers watched as Riverside operators towed vehicles from lots and dropped them off in the Walmart parking lot, where they were left unattended until another tow truck came to pick them up for transport to the Riverside storage yard. Such practices are illegal.